Are you eligible for property tax reduction?

For a property owner to be eligible for the tax credit, the property must be an owner-occupied, full-time residence. Rentals, vacation homes and commercial properties do not qualify.

For a property owner to be eligible for the tax credit, the property must be an owner-occupied, full-time residence. Rentals, vacation homes and commercial properties do not qualify.

Property owners have to apply for a homestead/farmstead exemption. In the four Monroe County school districts, once you've qualified it's not necessary to re-apply.

You can tell if you've received the tax credit by looking at your current tax bill. A box called "less exclusion" appears in the Homestead row of the bill. It's the box that's second from the right. If that box has an amount, you're getting the credit. If it's empty, you're not.

School districts are required by the end of December to notify property owners of the homestead exclusion, and work with the assessor's office to notify people who aren't signed up yet, Stroudsburg Business Manager Don Jennings said.